Exodus 2:1

“A man from the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.”

Exodus 2:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 2:1, word by word

A manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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from the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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of Leviלֵוִיlevi

Levi

Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".

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wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and tookיִּקַּחyikach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

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a daughterבַּתbat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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1 · This verse (above)

2The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw him, that he was beautiful, she hid him three months.

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